Steel tie and rail-fastening.



ITO-859,712. I PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. I. S. WITMAN.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED JULY 9,-1907.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27.1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@gwwmtov 1-!!! Ion?" PITIIRS co.. \usumcran. D t

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEEL TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application file l September 27,1906. Serial No. 336,510.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isaac S. WITMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster, State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SteelTies and Rail-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has relation to metallic railway ties and means forfastening rails thereto.

It is the object of the invention to provide a simple and at the sametime an efficient metallic tie, and means for fastening the rails to thetie which shall be ready of application and adjustment, and which whenin position, will hold the rail securely in place, the said fasteningmeans being readily detached or released when it is desired to makerepairs or replace the old rail with a new The invention is clearlyportrayed in the annexed drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,in view of which the said invention will first be described with respectto its construction and mode of operation, and then be pointed out inthe subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings :Figure l is a plan. Fig. 2 is a view lookingtoward one side of the tie. Fig. 3 is an opposite side view. Fig. 4 is aview looking on one end of the tie and a side of the rail. Fig. 5 is asectional view on a plane runninglongitudinally oi the tie. Fig. 6 is atop plan view of a switch formed with the present fasteners and showinga frog brace and tie plate.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, asthe case may be wherever they occur.

In the drawings 10 designates the railway tie and 11 the railway railsecured thereon. The tie is made somewhat in the form of an ordinaryrailway rail, being provided with a flanged base 12, a web 13, and aflat top 14. These parts or features may be of any size or dimensions tosuit circumstances, but, for mere example, in ordinary cases the tie maybe five inches wide on top, with a flanged base eight inches in widthand a web four inches deep.

The rails 11 are laid upon and cross the ties 10 at the usual distancefrom the ends of the latter, and on the outside of the rail a clip 15 isarranged to hold the rail from spreading on the tie. The said clip isformed with a base 16 resting on the tie outside of the base of therail,

and having downwardly extending dogs 17 at its outer' edge which extendinto holes 18 formed in the top of the tie. At its inner end the clip 15extends against the side of the base of the rail, as at 17 over theinclined flange of the latter as at 20 and up against the under side ofthe ball, as at 21. This effectually sustains the rail against outwardmovement or spreading on the tie.

On the inside of the rail the flanged base of the latter is engaged bythe inner end 22 of a clip 23, the outer portion 24, of which rests uponthe top of the tie and has its sides 25 bent around and under theflanged sides of the top so that it may be moved longitudinally on thetie without becoming disengaged therefrom.

With the rail pressed firmly against the outside clip 15 the inside clip23 is moved against the inside flange of the base, the inner end 22 ofsaid clip overlapping said flange, when the wedge 26 is driven or forcedunder the end 22 to tighten the said end on the flanged base, to keepthe base of the rail firmly down on the tie. The outer'end 27 of thewedge 26 which is made relatively thin is turned over and lapped on theend 22 of the clip 23, to assist in binding the parts together.

A headed bolt, 28 is passed through the web of the tie below the rail,and has a nut 29, turned on its pro jecting screw-threaded end 30 and abinding wire, or

rod 31 of steel or other metal is curled about the screwthreaded end 30of the bolt 28 carried around over the top of the tie and over the outerportion 24 of the clip 23, and then passed down on the opposite side ofthe tie, under the rail and about the bolt inside of its head, thenceover the base 15 on top of the tie and down to the screw-threaded end ofthe bolt where the still free end is bent about the bolt and the nut 29is turned home securing the ends oi the binding wire 31 in place.

By the means and manner of use described a rail will be secured to itstie so as to be held quite as firmly in position as though it were anintegral part of the tie, and the latter becomes eflicient andserviceable to a maximum degree.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a top plan view of a switch formed with thepresent fasteners, in which the switch tieA. moves upon a plate B.secured to one of the ties by means of integral fingers O. bent toengage under the top 8 of the tie. The frog D. of the switch rests upona tie which has a frog brace E. disposed thereupon, this braceconsisting of a plate located between the rails of the frog and restingthere against having integral fingers F. bent beneath the top flange oithe tie.

What is claimed, is:

1. As a means for preventing a rail, from spreading" on a tie, thecombination, with the rail and tie the latter being provided with holesformed in its upper side, of a clip provided with dogs at its outer endto enter the holes in the tie, and constructed at its inner end toengage the flanged base of the rail and bear at its upper inner endagainst the ball of, said rail and wires connected with the tie to bindthe clips down on the rails.

2. The combination with a metallic railway-rail tie and the rail, thesaid tie having a laterally flanged top, of a clip extending at itsinner end on the flanged base of the rail, its outer end resting on thetop of the tie, and having its outer edges bent over and under the edgesof the lateral flanges of the tie to adapt the clip to be moved into andout of engagement with the flange of the rail and wires connected withthe tie to bind the clips down on the rails.

8. The combination with a railway rail tie and the rail, of a clipconnected with the tie and extended upon the flanged base of the rail,and 21 wedge forced between the clip and flange of the rail,- snid wedgehaving an extended end bent over upon the outer face of the clip afterthe wedge is driven home,

4. The combination with a railway rail tie and the rail, clips connectedwith the tie to secure the rail thereto, a. headed bolt having ascrew-threaded end and a nut adapted to be turned" thereon, said bditbeing passed 10 through the tie below the rail and a binding wireconnected with said bolt and passed Over the tie at both sides of therail and engaging the said clips to bind them on the tie, and the nut onthe bolt being turned up against the ends of the binding wire.

In testirnpny whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence 15

